Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Autoimmunity and Neuroinflammation.
Curr Psychiatry Rep
; 21(8): 78, 2019 08 01.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31367805
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Here, we propose to review the immuno-inflammatory hypothesis in OCD given the concurrent incidence of autoimmune comorbidities, infectious stigma, and raised levels of inflammatory markers in a significant subset of patients. A better understanding of the immune dysfunction in OCD may allow stratifying the patients in order to design personalized pharmaco/psychotherapeutic strategies. RECENT FINDINGS:
A persistent low-grade inflammation involving both innate and adaptive immune system with coexisting autoimmune morbidities and stigma of infectious events has been prominently observed in OCD. Hence, specific treatments targeting inflammation/infection are a feasible alternative in OCD. This review highlights that OCD is associated with low-grade inflammation, neural antibodies, and neuro-inflammatory and auto-immune disorders. In some subset of OCD patients, autoimmunity is likely triggered by specific bacterial, viral, or parasitic agents with overlapping surface epitopes in CNS. Hence, subset-profiling in OCD is warranted to benefit from distinct immune-targeted treatment modalities.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Autoimunidade
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Inflamação
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Neurônios
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Transtorno Obsessivo-Compulsivo
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Psychiatry Rep
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França